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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
2
In a Broadway crowd Bilkins lost his watch and chain after a courteous stranger apologized and stepped aside. Bilkins later reflected that politeness seems costly, noting the incident as a real life example of its limits.
The Oregonian reports L L Hawkins confirmed skylarks thrive in Oregon, noting horned larks and an imported species. The larks left a city area after a six acre cucumber patch was planted by Chinese leaseholders, as dense vines reduce nesting space.
The Kennebec Journal in Augusta Maine displays the desk James G. Blaine used when he edited the paper in 1854. The simple desk, made for Blaine by Augusta carpenter Abner Loom, remains in use and draws visitors curious about the statesman’s career.
A United Nations of travelers recalls seaside bathing norms across nations. An Englishman notes women swim separately in distinctive nightgown like garments, a Frenchman cites bare legged bathers in Paris, while an American describes nude swimmers in Japan. A Turk adds masks as the bathing costume.
Pupils sized up teachers and gave them nicknames reflecting behavior. A principal nicknamed Pop used calm fatherly talk as punishment while the first assistant was called Fiery Spike for temper. A teacher known as Nasty Marry inspired harsh visions of a strict, red-haired youth-targeting educator.
The passage explains how a sneeze is perceived in parts of Turkey as a confirmation of spoken truth and can prompt the sneezer to address the crowd with wishes of health. It also notes sneezing as a sign of health or recovery and that absent enemies may be blamed or wished ill by bystanders.
In the East End a young woman’s little sister asks many questions. The elder declares to “follow your nose” to find a friend’s home. The sister retorts that if she follows her nose she will rise and become an angel, ending the debate with a pun on a pug nose.
The agent explains that life insurance began in 1706 in London with the Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office. Members paid fixed admission fees and annual charges per share, receiving year end fund distributions based on shares. The crude method evolved into modern life insurance. Emperors and kings often cannot insure their lives, highlighting the risk of assassination.
The article notes Senator Reed Smoot of Utah showing punctilious duties yet facing rights challenges. It recalls a prelate who warned about gifts of attention to religion and Smoot’s reply stressing regular public service and personal belief.
Polish nationalists held a large meeting in Lemberg to keep Polish pastoral sentiment alive. The gathering expressed sympathy with Polish resistance to German and Russian oppression and urged fortifying Polish aims in Austria Russia and Germany toward national independence.
President Smith of Trinity College New Haven will retire next year as head and receive a life pension of three thousand dollars annually thereafter.
A Philadelphia Press fragment shows a veteran conductor reflecting on aging and job security while explaining coin inspection tricks to a curious rider. He admits slowing sight and fear of being fired, noting he scratches coins to tell them apart without glasses.
Fragmentary account recalls a man named Sam Spabs wandering and describing a vision of paradise. The text suggests he claimed to travel across a vast landscape while imagining paradise and visions of peace.
A callow youth compliments a maid with a mispronounced line about being “a peach” while she responds with a clipped retort. The mood shifts as the youth asks if he is a peach too and receives the unexpected reply that he is “a lobster.”
Report notes Germany exports an estimated six million dollars worth of refined sugar to the United States this year. The deal highlights growing postwar trade connections and provides a notable market movement in the sugar sector.
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